EuroChallenge Round Up Groups E-H

Patrick Ewing Jr. and Telekom Baskets were one of two German clubs to record wins on the opening night of EuroChallenge action

German clubs were coming up trumps in Groups E-through-H in week 1 of the Eurochallenge Regular Season.

Out of the several countries that are represented by more than one club in the EuroChallenge 2012/2013, Germany was the only one to see the opening day conclude with a 100% success record, with EWE Baskets Oldenburg picking up a win at home whilst Telekom Baskets were able to open their Group H account with a win on the road in Belgium.

The hosts led 28-16 at the end of the first period but only managed to score 30 points in the entire second half to Aalstar's 45, allowing the visitors to take an important 84-77 road victory with Derek Raivio scoring 18 points and Christopher Young contributing 12 points and eight rebounds.

GROUP F

The Hungarians of Lami-Véd Körmend got off to a better start on the road and led 16-10 midway through the opening quarter but BC Timisoara allowed them to only score 15 points in the remainder of the first half to take a 40-31 lead into the interval.

The Romanian side's advantage was not threatened until the final period when the visitors trimmed the gap to four points.

The hosts however pulled away thanks to two back-to-back three-pointers from Dominique Archie, helping his team secure a 75-65 victory to the delight of the 2,000-strong home crowd.

Ivan Jelenic had 14 points for Timisoara and Archie collected a double-double of 13 points and 10 rebounds.

The other Hungarian team in the group, Szolnoki Olaj, suffered a similar fate in Germany.

EWE Baskets Oldenburg took a firm grip on proceedings right from tip-off to establish an early nine-point cushion and despite a late 10-0 run by Szolnoki they were always in control and won comfortably, 87-70.

Oldenburg's Julius Jenkins led all scorers with 19 points while Dru Joyce had an eye-popping 12 assists to go with his eight points.